Jason Wright

B.F.A. (SFU), M.F.A. (U. Regina), B.Ed. (UBC)
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Phone: 604-599-3333
Surrey Office: S SPRUCE 152A

I am and arts educator and artist based in Vancouver, Canada. I have been a KPU faculty member since 2017. I have a BFA in Visual Arts from SFU, a BEd in Art Education from UBC, and a MFA in Sculpture from the University of Regina.

I have taught with the University of Regina, Arts Umbrella, and the Vancouver School Board. I have participated in various teaching initiatives including the Vancouver Biennale/ Liceo Boston Open Borders project in Bogota, Columbia, Arts Umbrella Teen Scholarship Program and Arts Umbrella Summer Teen Intensive (with the CAG and SFU). I have presented my art education research at the National Art Education Association Conference, and the International Society for Education through Art World Congress, most recently in Canakkale, Turkey in 2023. My research and writing has appeared in Art Education, The International Journal of Art Education, and the anthology publication, Canadian Culinary Imaginations.

My research interests include repetition and ritual in contemporary drawing, food culture, the pedagogical turn in contemporary art practice, amateurism and skill, and the comic voice. I have attended multiple artist residencies including the Ottawa School of Art, The Arteles Center in Hahmajärventie, Finland, and the Heima Artist Residency in Seyðisfjörður, Iceland. I have received BC Arts Council and Canada Council Arts grants to develop my practice and research.

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